Username Session variable KT_Username(MM_Username)
(February 12, 2002) 
Using the stock phakt code I couldn't request the session variable KT_Username on subsequent pages, this shows you the easy fix.
Normally when you use a server models login behaviour in ultradev it creates some code which creates a session variable if the login was sucsessful, this can be used to filter things on subsequent pages.
In ASP the session variable is called MM_Username and in PHP it is called KT_Username.
This worked fine for me in ASP but not PHP, I couldn't seem to retrieve the session variable KT_Username on subsequent pages and spent ages looking for the answer, I also noticed that several other people were having the same problem, the answer is simple.
Make sure this code:
<?php
session_start();
?>
is on any and every page where you want to retrieve the session variable KT_Username.
Bill Chalmers
Started doing sites in Frontpage about 3 years ago, progressed to ASP, Linux/Mysql, and PHP/MYSQL, currently learning LDAP, XML, XHTML, ASP.net, learning more about css, worked in Hammersmith Hospital for 8 years, Developed
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